# Santa's Workshop - Idle Game — user reviews

> 10 indexed App Store user reviews of Santa's Workshop by aleros.io LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 42 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santas-workshop-idle-game/id6738013587/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/santas-workshop-idle-game/id6738013587.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 34 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 2/5 — It’s good.

*2025-01-20*

It would be much better without the background music. If there was a way to turn off the background music.

### 2/5 — Wanted to like it but it’s not appealing

*2024-12-25*

Wanted to like this game because it’s free and has no ads which is rare, but it’s really not appealing. Takes a bajillion clicks to build things manually which works by some funny wobbling animation as parts approach each other in a way that doesn’t make sense and doesn’t feel interactive. I stopped doing it except for the missions which force you to do it because you do nothing except tap until you get carpal tunnel. There’s a reindeer who doesn’t seem to do much except get sad and demand food, which just costs increasing amounts of money and it’s unclear what benefit it gives. There’s an “interact” screen where he stares blankly which seems pointless. There’s some automation and toys to unlock but each new toy is slower to make and earns less money than the last so it doesn’t feel like progression. So the only thing to do is open the game for 30 seconds every hour or so and collect from your factories until you get to the toy your next mission is for then tap like a zombie to build it and immediately forget about it. Not a fan of this game.

### 3/5 — Génial

*2026-01-30*

Enfin un jeu qui n’essaie pas de collecter toute votre vie privée en douce !
Bon par contre, n’espérez pas vous amuser avec le jeu plus d’une semaine, ensuite les compteurs à atteindre pour avancer deviennent stratosphériques et vous comprendrez qu’il faut un an pour le terminer.

### 3/5 — accessibility

*2025-08-22*

It has potiental but i gave it one star because accessibility seriously lacks in certain parts. I hope it is better now but it seems last update was 6 months ago.

### 4/5 — Too much tapping for me

*2024-12-31*

The title is not mean “building toy”. The elf can say mission on the home already instead of tap target mark next the elf then tap mission button, then finally show what is mission.

Also the workbook too. Go build, tap workbook then I want to see all list of toys and upgrade level instead of tap workbook, tap toy manual, choose toy, then upgrade.

### 5/5 — Santa’s Workshop

*2026-01-19*

I like it I wish I was an Elf on the Shelf

### 5/5 — It’s so fun

*2025-05-31*

It’s a very fun game you can make the toys and sell them and you can get new toys to make but you have to unlock them and buy them with your money in the game so it’s really easy and amazingly fun

### 5/5 — Amazing Game even out of Winter!

*2025-02-01*

-Fun game mechanics that make it more than just your average tapping game

-Getting to the next toy factory will keep you coming back everyday 

-No in-app purchases OR adds which is so nice and makes it feel like a premium game

-Even out of the winter/Christmas it’s still a great game to play all year long

### 5/5 — Very great idle game

*2024-12-25*

I hope that there are more games to come from this developer because every game they made has been a blast!

### 5/5 — Fun, Free, Festive

*2024-12-22*

A great idle clicker to enjoy during the holiday season. Presumably also during other seasons, but I haven’t playtested that yet.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-17.*